DRM From the Viewpoint of the Electronic Industry

mike449 writes "The cover story of the Oct.16 issue of EDN magazine is about the recent trends in DRM. It is not just a technical article. The author tries to convey what people who are supposed to design and implement access restriction measures think about their feasibility and associated economic, legal and moral issues. 'Of course, you can always try charging a reasonable price and trusting people to be honest. Just think of all the money you'll save not having to implement DRM'."

Comments

Re:DRM only hurts the Good Guys.

[Ozric]

I had to do this to get Madden 2000 to run. Thats right, I had to crack it to use it. this was a game I had bought from the store. Now that's a problem.

Thanks DRM for making my life so much better.

Re:DRM only hurts the Good Guys.

[Monkelectric]

You're on the money. I'd like to repeat my Steinberg LM4 Story :) I bought a legit copy of Steinberg LM4 but it wouldn't install on Win2k even though Win2k is a SUPPORTED PLATFORM for Cubase (the host application for LM4). The copy protection on LM4 wouldn't allow installation on Win2k for some reason, and Steinbergs answer to this was "go fuck yourself." So I ended up downloading a warezed version of LM4. I'll never buy another Steinberg product :)